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10 Things You Should Be Doing to Market Your
Contract Training Program
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#1 Be active on social media
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In the past• If a prospect wanted a reference, to talk to the CEO, or even to know
the price – they needed to go through the sales rep.
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Today• A prospect can go to a review website for a reference.• A prospect can got to Twitter to reach people in the organization –
and ask for references.• And pricing may be right on the website.
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The shift in how people shop has left sales reps at a disadvantage• 89% of Americans search the Internet before making a purchase • They’re going to social media for information
5* Inbound 2012, Gary Vaynerchuck
89%
11%
Americans
Americans who search firstAmericans who don't
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The sales rep now becomes involved in the sales process later
• Estimates from Garner, Harvard Business Review, and Sirius Decisions indicate buyers begin the buying process without the involvement of a sales rep 60-80% of the time.
Estimates from Garner, Harvard Business Review, and Sirius Decisions 6
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How do you deal with it when many of your prospects start the buying process before you know you should be calling them?
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Social media• A study done by Social Centered Selling and A Sales Guy Consulting
found that 78% of sales people using social media outsell their peers.
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Quotas• 72.6% of sales people using social media outperformed their sales
peers.• They exceed their quota 23% more often.
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They closed deals• 54% of sales people were able to track their social media usage back
to closed deals.
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#2 Establishing a Relationship with Your Client• Consistency and clarity are important in CT• Three things every customer wants:
Speed up the process of support &
reduce the time taken to solve the problem
Identify their problem &
show sincere understanding
of their suffering
To be heard
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Two Reasons for a Customer Connection
PAIN- a gap between the performance they have & the performance they
want
GAIN- Recognizing they have an opportunity that cannot be minimized
without assistance
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“Product” Connection Points for CT• Needs• Price• Expectation• Marketing
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Differentiate Yourself • Help clients discover• Be different• Customers warm-up & trust in you• Culture of awareness
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Think about it……If you aren’t out there making connections with your clients –
somebody else will
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#3 Work with (not around) your marketing team
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Some things just go together• Burgers and fries• Peanut butter and jelly• Pepperoni and pizza
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Sales and marketing, not always so much …
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There’s a new way of marketing!• If telemarketing was your thing, for instance, the Do Not Call Registry
in 2004 left you with fewer and fewer contacts to call.• If newspaper ads were your things, well, they don’t pull like they used
to.• The answer is an integrated approach.
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Marketing buzzwords can be confusing• Inbound Marketing• Outbound Marketing• eMarketing• Email Marketing • Direct Mailing Marketing• Social Media Marketing• Long Tail Marketing• Search Engine Optimized marketing
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What should I do?• Plan• Execute• Measure• Repeat
• Don’t worry about what it’s called!
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#4 Be Prepared• Critical preparation- avoid the trap• Planned sequence of qualifying questions• Help find the need
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Have Relative Information at Your Fingertips
List of questions
Testimonials
Samples
Letters of support
Pricing
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Do you have a sales structure?• Business structure of CT• Salesperson role• Answering questions & giving information• Don’t just use “telling”• Emotional reason for change• First impression – be prepared
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Preparation allows you to………..Be proactive not reactive.
#2 Being Unprepared
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#5 Send more email• Have your promotional emails come from a person – not just
organization. • For instance, you probably received emails from both William Draves
and Suzanne Kart about different LERN events – rather than just “LERN.” • Emails that come from a person are more likely to get opened.
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A good open rate is just 20%• Send more emails to less people. You’ll get more business. If your
open rate stays at 10-20% and your opt out and bounce rates are both <1%, it’s working.• Also, send people information they can use• White papers• Webinars• Articles• Brand yourself as the expert
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#6 Face to Face Selling• 70/30 rule• Listen & ask questions• Rundown on your website• Two way dialog
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Listening• Selling is not just talk• Important as talking• Customer defines what they need• Determines effective strategy
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Selling Contract Training Services• Primary goal • Lead with questions • Best Practice: Sell today & educate tomorrow
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Think about it…..Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective
than interrupting strangers who don’t.
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#7 Capture customer reviews and use them in all your promotional materials. • People love customer reviews. You should be offering your customers
the opportunity to review your training.• Then use the results in all of your promotional materials – web pages,
catalogs, brochures, other direct mail Facebook, even TV and radio if you do any.
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#8 Balance is Key• You must balance the ingredients of your message• Do not bore customers with unnecessary details that are of no
tangible use• Work towards offering the best solution or product that meets the
customer’s needs
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Selling Features• Features tell but benefits sell• Logical appeal vs. emotional attitude
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Resistance• Customer resistance is a natural reaction• People don’t like to be told what to do and especially what to buy• Leading customers to discover helps them own the decision• Resistance can be eliminated- Want the secret?
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Think about it…..The truth is sales are really contingent upon the attitude of the salesperson and not the attitude of the prospect.
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#9 Don’t ignore Gen X• The big story right now is all about Baby boomers (1946-1964) and
Millennials (1980-1999).• Your Gen X demographic is now age 35-49.• Different messages resonate with this group including:• At work, it’s about work. They want skills for their employees.• Motivational speeches don’t motivate Gen X.• Outcomes are more important than time. If you can train them in 45 minutes,
don’t take 60 minutes.
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#10 What is the Bottom Line?• Customers either need what you have to offer or they don’t• Your job is to help the decision makers recognize the pains associated
with not having your product, service or expertise• The message must be clear and consistent
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Understanding the Source of Pain• Identify your customer’s point of pain• Relate their pain to the product or service you are selling• Ideally your product or service should completely solve your
customer’s problem
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Think about it…..In selling as in medicine - prescription before diagnosis is malpractice.
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